What mysteries of life are revealed when with unobstructed vision the keen observer is drawn towards the details previously more obscure. The casual glance will often rob us of the detail and design of a worthy masterpiece as beauty is in the eye of the beholder (one who holds the look). We must learn that the road of patience will often lead us to the meadows of discovery. Michaelangelo was once overheard to say, while gazing for some time at an ordinary piece of marble, “I can see an angel in that stone”.
Does the tyranny of time not force our thoughts towards the more obvious yet less important pursuits of human activity and we have through involuntary acquiescence submitted to the unnecessary stress of interrupted calm. Deadlines become the engine of our motivation and the incentives of our drive. To allow the lifestyle of an agitated world to bog us down in meaningless activity and unreasonable competition is to foolishly abandon all reasonable opportunity for a serene and stable existence. David the Psalmist assures us that in quietness and confidence shall be our strength.
Our loving Heavenly Father has promised to keep in perfect peace the mind that is stayed upon Him. We must then reject all unnecessary and unwarranted intrusions into the sanctuary of our mind, bid farewell to incapacitating anxiety and so yield ourselves to God that we learn how to absorb the promised peace that will surpass our wildest expectations. Let us heed the timely exhortation of the Psalmist when he strongly recommends the panacea for all our stress, “Wait I say upon the Lord”. Robert & Fiona
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